Humans: The Cause of Global Warming Alicia Ferrell Miller-Motte Technical College Humans are responsible for global warming for many reasons and if it is not controlled properly it can affect the future of this planet. The burning of fossil fuels‚ mass deforestation‚ and increased population are all causes of global warming. "Global warming is believed to be caused by changes in the earth ’s atmosphere as a result of industrial process."(Leggett 124) Global warming is the rise of
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Global warming is the observed increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans. Higher temperatures threaten dangerous consequences: drought‚ disease‚ floods‚ and lost ecosystems. From sweltering heat to rising seas‚ global warming’s effects have already begun. Many people still believe that since the earth is so big‚ human beings cannot possibly have any major impact on the way the planet operates. The truth is we have grown so numerous and our technologies have become so
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Global Warming Satire Global warming is becoming a huge problem in our world. Some people may say that there is no such thing as global warming‚ but just last week it was 70 degrees in November in Ohio. As the world slowly becomes warmer‚ the effects of global warming will soon be irreversible. Here we are enjoying the warm weather and going for an afternoon jog in our summer clothes‚ but the problem is that we aren’t afraid of what could happen to our own planet earth in the future. Also‚ this
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Natural Phenomenon The global warming subject has been a heated debate for the past few decades. Some scientists are saying this is a completely man made problem. There are two clear sides to this subject and both have evidence‚ but the evidence is stronger on that global warming is just Mother Nature at work. The government has poured hundreds of millions of tax payer dollars into research for manmade global warming. The theory is that humans are causing the “greenhouse effect” and putting too
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Global warming is causing species to respond to a warmer climate by moving to cooler locations. Most animals live in areas with very specific climate conditions‚ such as temperature that enable them to thrive. Any change in the climate of an area can affect the animals living there‚ as well as the makeup of the entire ecosystem‚ global warming is causing these issues. Many animals are harmed and/or killed by global warming. Water temperature is affecting many animals‚ which is causing population
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Does good citizenship necessitate following the laws despite some kind of injustice within them? Are good citizens obliged to blindly follow the government policies? It follows then‚ what is good citizenship? Henry David Thoreau provides an adequate definition of good citizenship within his essay‚ Civil Disobedience; Thoreau discusses certain characteristics of a good citizen. Examples of Thoreau’s definition exist in both the ancient and contemporary culture. Sophocles describes Antigone as a good
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Global Warming and Human Influence Global warming can be defined as; “An increase in the earth’s atmospheric and oceanic temperatures widely predicted to occur due to an increase in the greenhouse effect resulting especially from pollution” (Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary‚ 2008). According to University of Phoenix Global Warming (2008)‚ the data accumulated from daily measurements indicate that the Earth’s average surface temperature in 2005 was the third highest since the mid-1800s. Apparently
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Sylvester 16 Feb 2011 The Causes and Effects of Global Warming If you’re accustomed to thinking of global warming as something happening out there--say‚ in the Artic or the Antarctic or high in the atmosphere--you may be in for a shock.(Silvestro.) Global warming is the observed and projected increases in the average temperature of Earth’s atmosphere and oceans (wijkman). Today‚ this is one of our most damaging problems (Global). Global warming is caused by the buildup of atmospheric gases
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Background Introduction The Philippines is now on the edge of great struggle on keeping up on climate change. Not enough technologies‚ corrupted funds for problems related to climate changes‚ ignorant citizens who don ’t care about the effects of these Global phenomena’s. What lies on this country? How could we survive? Would it be the last of our kind? Climate change is already happening and represents one of the greatest environments‚ social and economic threats facing the earth. Climate change is a
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Billy Joel once said‚ “we didn’t start the fire”. He is right; global warming is a natural cause. The Earth was heating long before humans were emitting large amounts of greenhouse gases and even before humans were on planet Earth. Since humans were not alive during the period after the ice age (known as the post-ice age era)‚ then the heating of the Earth to melt the ice does not put humans at fault. Global warming is naturally caused by natural emission of greenhouse gases‚ Earth’s heating and
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